HAPPY NEW YEAR!
So today was the opening of our school. A new academic year. New chance to prove your academic ass. New units. New lecturers. New homework. New stress. New freshers. New friends. New money. New clothes. New drugs. New enemies. New girlfriends. New ex-girlfriends. New resolutions. New everything. It meant a good deal to me, since I was planning this change/self realisation thing. I figured it would be best to start it with the start of the new academic year but I have had such a shitty start that I am fearing what the end has for me.
Today I wake up and first thing I do is check the online booking system that the university has just introduced. The way it was supposed to work is , you request for a room allocation then book the room you want. Then get the fees and the room is yours once you clear the hostel fees. That sounds AOK but since this is Kenya the system is a little motherfucked. They gave us all a chance to request for a room but did not give consise jab about which criteria would be used. Students paid for rooms they did not have yet because three days before the opening date they still had not told us whether or not we had been successfully allocated a room. And if successful, how much. This last part was specially hard for me and any other whose parents do not pay for something without proof. I and many other people missed a room. Not sure why but what I am sure about is that I am now a day-scholar. Yikes
I have an exam tomorrow. A resit. If I pass them I am officially in third year. Right now I should not even step in the third year class. Something else I do not get is why resits are not done during the holiday. That way, when school opens, you know for sure whether you are moving forward or not.
Again about the resit. I am supposed to do a math paper tomorrow but the lecturer responsible is dead. By looking at the number of fails in that unit, we made a guess that he died before even marking the exam, that is why 'everyone' failed that exam. Since he is dead ( RIP btw) there is going to be another lecturer who will set the exam. Obviously he will set according to the way he thinks and not what we were taught so that is not going to be a wonderful experience, but luckily math does not change... I think.
I woke up to find my tooth missing. You remember the one I was talking about in the previous post? Yeah I chipped it while brushing and last night I woke up to find another piece of the same tooth in my throat choking me. Now my left canine is three quarters gone and has left a gap. Easily noticeable. But no one is asking about it. Until you mention it and that is when
I find that amusing. The fact that they do not just up and ask me about it. Anyway I think I should now be worried about the teeth thing because I think this is what is classified under the slow but painless death. Yes it still does not hurt and yes I think I am slowly decaying to death. Should really go to a teethologist or a doctor of some kind.
On Saturday I lost money. Not a lot compared to most but to me 500 Kens is a lot. I could buy a whole blanket with that. It was under circumstances I did not understand! What hurts about it is not losing the money but losing the money I had gotten by my own effort and not from my parents. Bummer.
Something else bad must have also happened to me this month that I am forgetting to mention because I am not keeping a score. Shit happens to me a lot. Probably more than my fair share. I sometimes think I am coming closer to the light at the end of the tunnel but I just end up meeting more tunnel. Kinda makes it hard for one to be optimistic about life. But I have decided to let things go as they are. Instead of seeing this as a misfortune, I should see it as the change I have been looking for. It may not be the change I am looking for but it is change nonetheless and I am kind of looking forward to see how worse things can get.
Silver lining. I got new earphones. Longer than the last but still not the sound quality I want. But will do for now.
So happy new year indeed. Crappy start lets see how things go. But If I will be coming back here everyday, I will be very pissy for the the rest of the year. Which will lead to a lot of blogging in a hateful tone, like today.
P.S. I did not proof read this. Grammar is as low as my mood.
Today I wake up and first thing I do is check the online booking system that the university has just introduced. The way it was supposed to work is , you request for a room allocation then book the room you want. Then get the fees and the room is yours once you clear the hostel fees. That sounds AOK but since this is Kenya the system is a little motherfucked. They gave us all a chance to request for a room but did not give consise jab about which criteria would be used. Students paid for rooms they did not have yet because three days before the opening date they still had not told us whether or not we had been successfully allocated a room. And if successful, how much. This last part was specially hard for me and any other whose parents do not pay for something without proof. I and many other people missed a room. Not sure why but what I am sure about is that I am now a day-scholar. Yikes
I have an exam tomorrow. A resit. If I pass them I am officially in third year. Right now I should not even step in the third year class. Something else I do not get is why resits are not done during the holiday. That way, when school opens, you know for sure whether you are moving forward or not.
Again about the resit. I am supposed to do a math paper tomorrow but the lecturer responsible is dead. By looking at the number of fails in that unit, we made a guess that he died before even marking the exam, that is why 'everyone' failed that exam. Since he is dead ( RIP btw) there is going to be another lecturer who will set the exam. Obviously he will set according to the way he thinks and not what we were taught so that is not going to be a wonderful experience, but luckily math does not change... I think.
I woke up to find my tooth missing. You remember the one I was talking about in the previous post? Yeah I chipped it while brushing and last night I woke up to find another piece of the same tooth in my throat choking me. Now my left canine is three quarters gone and has left a gap. Easily noticeable. But no one is asking about it. Until you mention it and that is when
yeah I had noticed and wanted to ask you about it...
I find that amusing. The fact that they do not just up and ask me about it. Anyway I think I should now be worried about the teeth thing because I think this is what is classified under the slow but painless death. Yes it still does not hurt and yes I think I am slowly decaying to death. Should really go to a teethologist or a doctor of some kind.
On Saturday I lost money. Not a lot compared to most but to me 500 Kens is a lot. I could buy a whole blanket with that. It was under circumstances I did not understand! What hurts about it is not losing the money but losing the money I had gotten by my own effort and not from my parents. Bummer.
Something else bad must have also happened to me this month that I am forgetting to mention because I am not keeping a score. Shit happens to me a lot. Probably more than my fair share. I sometimes think I am coming closer to the light at the end of the tunnel but I just end up meeting more tunnel. Kinda makes it hard for one to be optimistic about life. But I have decided to let things go as they are. Instead of seeing this as a misfortune, I should see it as the change I have been looking for. It may not be the change I am looking for but it is change nonetheless and I am kind of looking forward to see how worse things can get.
Silver lining. I got new earphones. Longer than the last but still not the sound quality I want. But will do for now.
So happy new year indeed. Crappy start lets see how things go. But If I will be coming back here everyday, I will be very pissy for the the rest of the year. Which will lead to a lot of blogging in a hateful tone, like today.
P.S. I did not proof read this. Grammar is as low as my mood.
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